Abstract:
Objective The potential driver mutation genes of multiple myeloma (MM) in different sequencing protocols were identified to provide a research basis for exploring the pathogenesis of this disease.
Methods This study used two cohorts. A cohort of 84 patients with MM from The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University was subjected to genome-targeted mutation sequencing. The other cohort (205 patients with MM) was selected from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) using whole-genome sequencing. The potential driver genes of MM were mined using the driver gene identification algorithm in the R4.1.0 environment. Subsequently, the driver genes and mutation spectrum were analyzed.
Results NRAS, KRAS, TP53, and IDH1 were identified in the two datasets. Furthermore, the mutated genes in both datasets were enriched in the NOTCH, RTK-RAS, Cell-Cycle, TP53, MYC, and WNT pathways. The recurrent mutation sites in NRAS, KRAS, TP53, and IDH1 showed no significant difference between the two datasets. In addition, new driver genes of MM were identified via targeted mutation sequencing, these are CBL, BCOR, and DNMT3A.
Conclusions In this study, we obtained the potential driver genes of MM, which are helpful for revealing the pathogenesis of this disease.